The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts a young girl in bed. She hears "CLOP CLOP CLOP" noises. Panel two depicts the same girl with an excited expression. She thinks, "That must be santa on the roof!" Panel three depicts the girl smiling. Panel four depicts a possum on the roof in heels making the "CLOP CLOP CLOP" noises.

"Yankee Stadium. September. The hot dogs have been boiling since opening day in April."

liquorice
maurice
morrish
moorish
morris dancing

"Blast it, man — why did you give this thing artificial halitosis?!"
"I'm sorry, but you specified realism!"

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(pause to search on radio controlled vehicle toys, which actually, you know, move on their own)
The cheaper of the two above comes in at $50 more than a toy Jeep Overlander at Bezosland, which itself is probably overpriced.

Orange fluorescent tape on the lines and a RINZLER custom plate

Musk: Eyy we go to Whicker's World! I love-a da interviews!

Musk: Ayyy time for a roadside picnic! Everybody inna the rocketship! We go to Venus, get there in time for Midsummer Day! Summer Day! Whichever! Put out a big spread of borogoves.
Cyril M. Kornbluth: This will not end well

"The President makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put 'em through a spell check and go home."
— Stephen Colbert, 2006 WHCD.

1 Adam 12

Two expensive toy DeLoreans with even more expensive paint jobs. Can you spot the $500 difference?

C'est un Arc de Luxe

"Can I get the seat and backrest in black and the back and arms in light blue?"

"Will it have a sense of aesthetics?"
"Why start now?"

Apple is closing its first unionized store in the country.

Reminder that Apple spent $700B+ on stock buybacks over the past decade.

CEO Tim Cook raked in over $74M in compensation in 2025 — 650 times the median Apple employee's pay.

The greed of union-busters knows no end.

"It will be called the Arc de Luxe."

On November 16, 1952, Lucy did not pull the football away, but held it in place so firmly that it was unkickable.

"Somehow, Snoke returned."
"Like Darth Maul?"
"Um, exactly like Darth Maul."

According to my kindergarten progress report, I can hop and gallop but not march, and they weren't sure whether I could skip.

"Except for that one Dance Dance Revolution kid who nailed me in the Kid Flashes pretty good. But I was old by then."

In 2016 he wasn't expecting to win, tried to find someone to President for him, asked the Obama people to stay on, and finally ad-hoc'ed in a set of marginally competent people who slow-walked his disaster, leading his base to blame them for stopping him. This time, Heritage was ready.

"Iran affair illuminates a GOP split" —11/1987
"To some, it is a story of two Republican parties, one negative and narrow, the other positive and forward-looking."

Americans don't call biscuits biscuits except when they're for dogs

"Today I half-heard something about something instead of knowing nothing about anything!"

I can TRY

DUNE
starring MAX VON SYDOW as SHADDAM IV
starring TOPOL as LETO ATREIDES
and introducing SAM J. JONES as PAUL ATREIDES

Dance music you can't dance to and can't sing along with either? Perfection

What would be interesting: whatever owns the Starfleet Academy IP opens it to fan productions. Send $10(0?) or whatever and you're licensed to make one episode.